[NU Sports] First game

[Roger Beckwith]

Alan:  Add me to the OSU win list plus ND in 1995.  And a few others  
but the two road wins are enough.

On another note, will you be covering the Olympics?  For Universal?

Roger

On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) wrote:

> Growing up in southwestern Ohio (near Dayton), I was first a fan of  
> the
> Cleveland Browns and then, when they were created, the Cincinnati
> Bengals. My dad, my brothers and I were so excited about the Bengals
> that we went to their practices that first summer (1968, when I was 9
> going on 10) in Wilmington, Ohio. Then we went to Bengals' games at
> Nippert Stadium. You don't want to know.
>
>
>
> That leads me to my first Wildcat game, which I think I have mentioned
> before to you fellow listers: the 1971 14-10 Northwestern victory at
> Ohio State. The game was Nov. 13. My Bar Mitzvah had been just three
> weeks before, on Oct. 23. Both my parents were Northwestern alums so
> those were heady times indeed in our house. Theologically speaking, my
> adolescent recitation in front of friends and family of the story of
> Noah paled in comparison to the Northwestern victory over Ohio State.
> Now THERE was indisputable, purple proof there is a God, right?
>
>
>
> As I have also mentioned, I attended the 33-27 Wildcat victory over  
> the
> Buckeyes in Evanston.
>
>
>
> Another interesting thread: how many people can say they were were in
> attendance at both the 1971 and 2004 Northwestern victories? (Well,
> anyone can say. Who can say it truthfully?!) Certainly can't be that
> many. I met a guy at the Tampa airport on the way out of town after  
> the
> Outback Bowl - didn't catch his name - who said he had been at both so
> now we know the list stands unofficially at 2!
>
>
>
> Let's hope the purple karma rocks the men's basketball team to victory
> tonight over the Buckeyes! What in life is better than beating Ohio
> State at anything?
>
>
>
> Also, for those who don't regularly read the Northwestern football  
> blog
> Lake the Posts and thus might have missed this, here's a link to the
> Yahoo! Dr. Saturday college football blog that names the Outback Bowl
> the game of the year: http://bit.ly/5kkHz2. Mind you, that's not just
> the bowl game of the year. Game. Of. The. Year.
>
>
>
> Go Wildcats!
>
>
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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